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Sunday, June 20, 2010

Happy Father's Day

To all you Fathers out there, Happy Father's Day. You have no idea how much influence you have on your children. Keep up the good work.

Normally this would be where I share a happy childhood memory of my father, but, my dad was a jackass. So instead of remembering him, I'll honor Pa, Oliver's grandfather who has adopted Tallulah, me & Bean.

Pa smokes and drinks and cusses. He likes to look at boobs and has taken Oliver to Hooters. He collects Easter Peeps and keeps them for years. All of these things crack me up.

He can fix anything that's broken (even a spirit) and knows everything about everything. He cooks like nobody's business.

He's kind and generous and loving and strong, and he's someone that I wish had really been my father, and I'm so grateful to have been adopted by him.

He & Bean are kindred spirits, and I hope that Oliver & Tallulah know how lucky they are to have these two great men in their lives.

7 comments:

Sounds great. My dad was both distant and close. When I was very small, he taught me how to play baseball and played with me and my brother all the time. Unfortunately, my grandmother raised him. She was not the most touchy feely kind of person. I'm glad you have someone who can be the grandparent you need.

Jennifer Juniper

I'm a moderately insane, blissfully happy 29 year old woman. I'm married to the love of my life and I have two gorgeous children who know that their mother is just a little crazy and I think they like it that way.

Seriously?? Bean??

You won't find any real names in this blog - I think it's horribly unfair of me to talk about my friends and family without their knowledge AND use their actual names..

I'm hoping that you already caught on to that, I mean really, did you think I'd marry someone named Bean??